The
Place for Lucerne!

The Bourke family were original settlers on Broken Creek west of
Nathalia, in Northern Victoria, in the 1880's. That was four
generations ago.

Today there are still a number of descendents living and farming
in the district, including our family. While we do not farm the
original homestead, our family owned farm is on the Broken Creek. Farms
on the lower Broken Creek are renowned for their excellent soil
types and high productivity, ideally suited to lucerne growing.

Chris took over running the farm while in his 20's and has
developed the farm to be an environmental and ecological Model.

We (Chris & Wendi) are members of the Broken Creek Improvement Landcare Group,
and endeavor to farm in a way that is environmentally and
ecologically sustainable. This includes fencing waterways to exclude
livestock, off stream watering points, fencing and rehabilitating
remnant vegetation, currently 8% of the property. Whole farm
planning, with full recycle and reuse of all irrigation run off, we
have a policy of no water run off the property during the irrigation
season.

We started growing Lucerne (alfalfa) for commercial hay
production in 1986. We now produce quality hay for the chaff,
racehorse, show horse, dairy, beef, sheep, and hobby farm
industries.

Currently other commodities that we produce are cattle, turning
off prime vealers, sheep for prime lambs and wool, and grain,
including wheat, lupins and oats.